Brandon Hobson’s THE REMOVED: A Novel
A Cherokee family struggles to survive trauma past and present. Author Brandon Hobson is well versed in tales of tragedy suffered by the Cherokee Nation. His novel Where the Dead Sit…
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A Story From the Struggle – The Kindest Lie
In her debut novel, Nancy Johnson explores racial injustice and social inequality. Nancy Johnson’s eloquently written, introspective, and emotionally resonant debut novel, The Kindest Lie, is a timely commentary on social…
The Chanel Sisters: A Novel
A sweeping story of two women who overcome destitution to create an iconic French fashion brand. “People thought they were buying Chanel, glamour, Parisian sophistication. But what they were really…
Battling Bias Complicity
How Yi Shun Lai advocates for marginalized voices. Yi Shun Lai is a writer, editor, columnist for the Writer magazine, an MFA program instructor at Bay Path and Southern New…
The Garden Secret
A dogged heroine struggles to untangle herself from the mysterious Vine. In her debut novel, Daughters of the Wild, Natalka Burian crafts a tale of magical realism mixed with a woman’s determination to…
Review of THE LOST AND FOUND BOOKSHOP by Susan Wiggs
A Celebration of Books, Bookstores, and the Meaning of Happiness Deep into Susan Wiggs’ The Lost and Found Bookshop, a character declares: “A bookseller is the link between the stories…
Memory Markers: What I Was Reading When
Books, like people, make such good companions. Getting us through the bad times and helping us celebrate the good times. Making us calmer or piquing our energy. It’s amazing what…
Bibliotherapy in the Time of Covid-19
Everyone needs some magic for the soul. I love books. After my family, they are the center of my universe and always have been. I can’t imagine my life without…